Compuprint MDP40B - Manual (Page 38)

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Setup Parameter Values Description
INTERFACE TYPE parallel, serial,
financial,
automatic,
auto+blink Selects the interface type. Selecting ‘automatic’ the interface type is
selected between serial and parallel by the printer depending on data
coming from host. When the
auto+blink item is selected, the P1 and
P2 leds blink to indicate which interface is selected: P1 blinks when the
serial interface is selected, whereas P2 blinks, when the parallel
interface is selected.
The 'financial' interface should be selected for typical applications of the
IBM4722 and IBM 9068 protocol with the controlled link required by the
IBM financial driver. When this item is set, the parallel port is disabled
and the word length is set to 8 bits.
HONOR CTS no, yes This setting is significant only if the ‘financial’ interface has been
selected.
This function sets the CTS signal, that may be considered ( yes ) or
ignored ( no ).
INPUT BUFFER 1 Kb, 8 Kb,
16 Kb, 32 Kb Selects the buffer size.
When the 'financial' interface is selected, this setting is ignored and the
printer always uses an input buffer of 2 Kb.
IGNORE PE enabled, disabled Selects whether the printer signals the paper empty condition
( disabled ) or not ( enabled ).
AUTOFEED SIGNAL disabled, enabled The parallel interface uses ( enabled ) or does not use ( disabled ) the
AUTOFEED signal.
SLCT-IN SIGNAL disabled, enabled The parallel interface uses ( enabled ) or does not use ( disabled ) the
SELECT-IN signal.